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UNITED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

BENJAMIN F. TODD, or MADISONVILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR or 01m- I HALF ro LELAND WOODSON, OF SAME PLACE.

S'PROUT-PULLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 367,328 dated July 26, 1887.

Application filed December 3, 1886.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it knownthat I, BENJAMIN F. Tom), a citizen of the United States, residing at Madisonville, in the county of Hopkins and State 5 of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sprout-Pullers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to an improved ma- IO chine for pulling sprouts and grubs, which will be hereinafter more fully described, and pointed .out in the claim. 7

The drawing accompanying and forming part of this specification represents aperspective view of the device applied to a sprout.

. A is ayoke having a curved projecting arm, D, with a nipper end, d, at a, right angle thereto.

Bis a curved lever pivoted within the yoke A by a bolt, 0. The curved part E of the lever B has at its end a nipper, e, at a right angle thereto, which is much longer than the.

nipper d, for a purpose to be hereinafter explained. These nipper ends are opposite to z 5 each other and form a clamp.

F is a loop fastened securely. to the lever B at f and has a socket, G. The lever B has at its upper end a socket, H. Into these sockets G and Hcan be inserted ahandle, I, by which the device is to be operated inthe direction of Serial No. 220,582. (No model.)

The loop F is intended for hand of the operator when the device is to be lifted from one place to another. I

The operation is as follows: Take the device by the loop F and lift the lever B and handle I,wh ich will permit the nippers d and e to open. As 6 is longer than (1, it will strike against the stem of the sprout to be pulled, which causes it to slip between the crooks on D and E. Then drop the foot-block J to the ground; pull down the handle I in the direction of the arrow, and, as represented in broken lines, the sprout will be pulled from the ground with its roots.

Having described my invention,\vhatl claim Thecombination of the yoke A, having a projecting curved arm, D, with its transverse having the hand-loop F, the curved part having the transverse nipper e projecting at its front and outer edges some distance beyond the edges of nipper d, to catch against the stems of the sprouts, substantially as de scribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I hereto affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN F. TODD.

Witnesses:

C. H. SLATON, B. O. TOFF.

nipper d, and the foot-block J, the lever B, 

